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Updated: 0314 on Thu 4 Dec 2008
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Cold Weather Alert: RED

Latest observations - 0300 on 4 Dec 08: North West England

Location
Weather
Temp
Wind
Vis
Pressure / trend
Dir
Speed
Gust
Carlisle Medium-level Cloud 1.9 °C 0 mph   12 km 981 hPa, Falling
Crosby Low-level Cloud 2.8 °C SSE  25 mph 38 mph 8 km 982 hPa, Falling
Keswick Clear Sky 2.2 °C SE  14 mph   8 km 981 hPa, Falling
Shap Low-level Cloud 0.0 °C 24 mph 40 mph 0.7 km 983 hPa, Falling
Spadeadam Light Snow Showers 0.6 °C SSE  18 mph 32 mph 6 km 982 hPa, Falling
St Bees Head Medium-level Cloud 1.2 °C SSE  38 mph 53 mph 3.3 km 979 hPa, Falling
Walney Island Low-level Cloud 2.9 °C SSE  29 mph 43 mph 7 km 981 hPa, Falling
Woodford Light Rain 1.9 °C 21 mph 31 mph 14 km 986 hPa, Falling
Observations are subject to final quality control after publication on this web site.

24 hours ending 2100 on 3 Dec 08: North West England

Highest max 6.3  °C Crosby
Lowest max -0.8  °C Spadeadam
Lowest min -5.8  °C Shap
Highest rainfall 2.2  mm Stonyhurst
Sunniest 6.7  hours Woodford

Last updated: 2301 on Wed 3 Dec 2008


UK last month

October 2008

Maximum, minimum and mean daily temperatures were all below average across the UK. Most areas, provisionally had their coldest October since 2003, but Northern Ireland had its coldest since 1993 with mean temperatures around 1 deg C below average. Rainfall was well above average across N Wales and NW England, with some areas having over double their average rainfall. Provisionally for Scotland, it was the 4th wettest October and wettest October since 1954. Sunshine was generally above or well above average.

Gravesend (Kent) recorded a maximum temperature of 22.9 °C on the 12th. Topcliffe (North Yorkshire) recorded a minimum temperature of -6.6 °C on the 29th. A torrential hailstorm in the Ottery St. Mary area of east Devon brought an estimated 100 mm of rain/hail in just a few hours early on the 30th, causing major flooding problems.

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